Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
righteous army (esp. in Korea); member of a righteous army; irregular militia
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (14th century novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong)
Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 57 BCE-668 CE)
one's wife and mistress(es)
moral character or consciousness
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
loss of spirit; dejection
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
each prefecture; all prefectures
leather-soled sandals (geta)
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
work; labor; labour; toil
800,000; eight hundred thousand
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
daily allowance; daily wages
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
pretension; assumption (of a title)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
official document; archives